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Petty Officer 2nd Class

 

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Name:

James Francis Tritt

Branch / Rank:

US Navy / Petty Officer 2nd Class (E5)

Unit:

U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard

Date of Birth:

July 13, 1942

Home of Record:

Monaca, PA

Date of Loss:

July 07, 1967

Country of Loss:

North Vietnam/Over Water

Loss Coordinates:

0 0

Status (in 1973):

Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered

Category:

5

Duty:

MM2 - Machinist's Mate Second Class

Other personnel in incident:

None

Remarks:

Source:  Compiled by Homecoming II Project 01 September 1990 from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews.

 

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CACCF/SEA CASUALTY/DROWNED/SUFFOCATED/6 YRS UNITED STATES NAVY

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Incidental Information

Click Here to view a queried report of messages and files concerning PO2 Tritt from the POW/MIA Database at the Library of Congress's Federal Research Division. (Links will open in New Browser Window).
You can run queries on various name spellings to view the messages.

Honored on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial:  Panel 23E - - Line 33


The VietNam Veterans' Memorial Wall Page

The U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard
Exact Loss Coordinates have not been provided, however, a quick search of the POW/MIA Database at the Library of Congress revealed that James was a crewmember aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard.  Initial Casualty message traffic originates from the Gulf of Tonkin.
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